Apostolska dela 22
1 Možjé bratje in očetje! čujte sedaj moj odgovor k vam.
“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
2 (Ko so pa slišali, da jim v Hebrejskem jeziku govorí, bili so še bolj tiho.) In reče:
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
3 Jaz sem mož Jud, rojen v Tarsu Cilicijskem, odgojen pa v tem mestu pri nogah Gamalijelovih, podučen na tanko v očetovskej postavi, vnet za Boga, kakor ste vsi vi danes.
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
4 Jaz sem preganjal ta pot noter do smrti, vežoč in izdajoč v ječe možé in žene,
I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
5 Kakor mi tudi véliki duhoven priča, in vse starešinstvo; od kterih sem tudi pisem prejel do bratov in sem šel v Damask, da bi pripeljal tudi tiste, kteri so tam bili, zvezane v Jeruzalem, da bi se mučili.
as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 Zgodí pa se, ko sem šel in sem se bližál Damasku, okoli poldneva, da me nagloma obsije velika svetloba z neba;
About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
7 In padel sem na tla, in slišal sem glas, da mi pravi: Savel, Savel! kaj me preganjaš?
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
8 Jaz sem pa odgovoril: Kdo si, Gospod? In reče mi: Jaz sem Jezus Nazarečan, kterega ti preganjaš.
‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
9 Tisti pa, kteri so bili z menoj, videli so sicer svetlobo, in uplašili so se; ali glasú niso slišali, kteri mi je govoril.
My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
10 In rekel sem: Kaj naj storim, Gospod? A Gospod mi reče: Vstani in pojdi v Damask; in tam ti se bo povedalo vse, kar ti je odločeno, da storiš.
Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
11 Ko pa nisem videl od bliščeče te svetlobe, peljali so me za roko, kteri so bili z menoj, in prišel sem v Damask.
Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
12 Neki Ananija pa, človek pobožen po postavi, kteri ima pričevanje od vseh Judov, kteri tam prebivajo,
There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
13 Pride k meni, in vstopivši se, reče mi: Savel brat, spreglej! In jaz sem še tisti čas pogledal na-nj.
came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
14 On pa reče: Bog očetov naših te je izvolil, da spoznaj voljo njegovo, in vidiš pravičnega, in slišiš glas iz ust njegovih;
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
15 Kajti boš mu priča pri vseh ljudéh tega, kar si videl in slišal.
You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
16 In sedaj, kaj se obotavljaš? Vstani, in krsti se, in operi grehe svoje, poklicavši ime Gospodovo.
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
17 Zgodí se pa, ko sem se bil vrnil v Jeruzalem, in sem v tempeljnu molil, da sem se zamaknil,
Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
18 In videl sem ga, in rekel mi je: Pohiti in izidi naglo iz Jeruzalema, ker ne bodo sprejeli pričevanja tvojega za-me.
and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
19 In jaz sem rekel: Gospod! sami vedó, da sem jaz zapiral in bíl po shajališčih té, kteri so verovali v tebe;
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
20 In ko se je prelivala kri Štefana pričevalca tvojega, tudi jaz sem stal zraven, in privolil sem na smrt njegovo, in varoval sem oblačila tistih, kteri so ga pobijali.
And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
21 In reče mi: Pojdi; kajti jaz te bom daleč poslal med pogane.
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22 In poslušali so ga do te besede, ter povzdignejo glas svoj, govoreč: Vzemi z zemlje takošnega; ker ni prav, da živí.
The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
23 Ko so pa kričali, in metali oblačila, in prah lučali k višku,
As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
24 Ukaže ga jezernik v grad odpeljati, rekši, naj ga z biči iztezajo, da bi zvedel, za kakošno krivico tako vpijejo nad njim.
the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
25 Ko so ga pa z jermeni pritegnili, reče Pavel stotniku, kteri je tam stal: Smete li človeka Rimljana, in neobsojenega bičati?
But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
26 Slišavši pa to stotnik, pristopi in sporočí jezerniku, govoreč: Glej, kaj boš storil; kajti ta človek je Rimljan.
On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
27 Pristopivši pa jezernik, reče mu: Povej mi, če si ti Rimljan? On pa reče: Dà.
The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
28 In jezernik odgovorí: Jaz sem za veliko denarja to državljanstvo pridobil. A Pavel reče: Jaz sem se pa tudi rodil.
“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 Tedaj so precej odstopili od njega, kteri so ga imeli tezati; pa tudi jezernik se je bal, ko je zvedel, da je Rimljan, in da ga je bil zvezal.
Then those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
30 Drugi dan pa, ker je hotel za gotovo zvedeti, za kaj ga Judje tožijo, razveže ga od vezî, in ukaže priti velikemu duhovnu in vsemu zboru njihovemu; in pripeljavši Pavla dol, postavi ga pred-nje.
The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
